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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, May 20, 2024 Page 6 Chief Paul Matias (Police) — Thank you Council President. First of all, echoing Mayor Bodnar's comments, I just wanted to give our condolences to the Euclid Police Department and the family of Officer Jacob Derbin who was killed in the line of duty back on May I Ith. It's a tragedy, especially for such a young officer. I also wanted to thank the several officers who represented Mayfield Village for Officer Derbin's funeral. Our SPAN Bomb Squad was called on the scene on the 1 lth. The robot assisted when the suspect was barricaded. Again, our thoughts and prayers to the Euclid Police Department. Also, congratulations Ron on your retirement. When you started here, I was a Sergeant and at that time the Union rep. We got off to a little bit of a rocky start. Congratulations Ron. Also, Kathy Troyer is here. We have a resolution for her later. Congratulations Kathy. Kathy and Detective Sergeant Miller and I were all in the same Academy class together. I told her earlier, she's breaking up the band. Again, congratulations to Kathy. I was thinking about, over my 25 years here, I was thinking of people who come and go through retiring or moving on to other jobs, I was looking at it, especially coming off of Police Week and Public Safety and Telecommunicators Week. I have to say that the group we have assembled right now is definitely the greatest group of folks that we have had in my 25 years here. Everyone is professional. They take ownership of everything that happens in the Village. Every event, every shift, from top to bottom our officers, dispatchers, auxiliary and admin staff is the best group we have had in 25 years. I appreciate all of the work that everyone does. Kathy, we are going to miss you. Good luck to you. That's all I have. Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Chief. Are there any other reports this evening? Reporting on Shred Day, Mrs. Betsa stated, as Mayor Bodnar said, Shred Day was held this past Saturday. It was very successful with the Village shredding 53 boxes and residents shredding 404 boxes. Thank you to Maura McKinley, Alyssa Fikaris, Lorry Nadeau, Frank Agh and Michael Schaeffer for their assistance. Thank you also to the residents who support this. I have gone to the facilities before and I see the procedures they follow. Not only is everything shred here, it gets reshred twice more at the facility. Little do you know, you may be using a paper towel that once was a Mayfield Village requisition. Thank you. I am in the process of coordinating the next Shred Day for a Saturday in May of 2025. Council President Schutt stated, thank you, Mrs. Betsa. Are there any other reports this evening? There were none.